The Memory Thief (2007)

A growing obsession with the Holocaust exacerbates the mental breakdown of a lonely tollbooth operator.

Director:

Gil Kofman

Writer:

Gil Kofman

Stars:

Mark Webber, Rachel Miner, Jerry Adler

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Mark Webber	...	Lukas
Rachel Miner	...	Mira
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jerry Adler	...	Mr. Zweig
Patrick Bauchau	...	Mr. Fisher
Kevin Breznahan	...	The Clerk
Farah Cabrera	...	Nurse (as Farah Afnan)
June Claman	...	Zvi's Wife
Blu de Golyer	...	Skinhead
Chris Ellis	...	Mr. DeSilva
Brian Patrick Farrell	...	Mort
Jamie Fox
Brent David Fraser	...	Pound Custodian
Jeremy Fultz	...	Intern #1
Avi K. Garg	...	Man on Phone
Mary Pat Gleason	...	Hospital Patient

Storyline

A growing obsession with the Holocaust exacerbates the mental breakdown of a lonely tollbooth operator.

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Plot Keywords:

tollbooth | holocaust | videotape | stray dog | testimony | 

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Taglines:

What if your past belongs to someone else...?

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 April 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Inconsolable

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Stark Raving Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Both Zev and Mr. Zweig are too young to be actual Holocaust survivors. They would have been babies during 1939-1945, and they would also not be marked with identification tattoos.

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Quotes

Mira: [on why she doesn't watch Holocaust films] They all die at the end, and Nazis did it.

User Reviews

Not that good but not that bad either.

A young man, who doesn't appear to have much of a life, whose mother is seriously ill, works as a toll-booth collector but is not that great at it, by some circumstances, become obsessed with the Jewish faith and the Holocaust and gets deeply involved in documenting testimony from Jews concentration camps survivors, with mixed results. His involvement with the daughter of one of the survivors is interesting and brought life to the script, and the revelations of the survivors, many of them actual (real) survivors, was very effective. Some have called this film a "psychological thriller," but I would not go that far. I found the film interesting. Not that good, but not that bad either. Just satisfactory. I am glad I saw it, but I would not recommend it to anyone, saying, "Hey, you have to watch this movie (The Memory Thief) it is really good." because, to me, it wasn't.